Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting tkinter package, versions <0:2.7.5-94.el7_9.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TKINTER-15791994
  • published27 Mar 2026
  • disclosed20 Jan 2026

Introduced: 20 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-15367  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tkinter to version 0:2.7.5-94.el7_9.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:5393.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tkinter package and not the tkinter package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The poplib module, when passed a user-controlled command, can have additional commands injected using newlines. Mitigation rejects commands containing control characters.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1